GRE Word List

PENDULOUS

poised without visible support

The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.

Random words

WordMeaning
filchto steal secretly or casually
hardybold
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase
breedto produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation
exemplarydeserving imitation : commendable
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
fortuitousoccurring by chance
peerlessmatchless
swaythe action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion